ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,635, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Apparatus for aerosol generating device" was invented by Thomas Paul Blandino (Madison, Wis.) and Keith George Beidelman (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for an aerosol generating device is described. The apparatus includes an induction heating circuit including an inductive element for inductively heating a susceptor arrangement to heat an aerosol generating material to thereby generate an aerosol, a capacitive element, and a switching arrangement that in use alternates between a first state and a second state to enable a varying...